A small cottage garden with dynamic textural contrasts.
Photos by Rich Radford
Atherton Cottage project looks beautiful. What kind of stone (it looks like blue stone) and what type of gravel is used? Is it 3/4 rounded or cut? Love this look.
The cottage-potage garden. I imagine the historic predecessor of what I call the cottage-potage garden might have looked a bit like this garden, with edibles such as kale (in the foreground), herbs and squash (adjacent to the house) planted here and there alongside scented flowers and ornamentals
A traditional cottage garden blends vegetables and flowers in a riotous mix of colors and textures. They stand in sharp contrast to the simple lines and white siding of the house behind them.
Having a garden is much better for the environment than a lawn!
I love the flowers, but lots of maintained gardens
flair of cottage garden planting. Planting schemes moved away from Victorian restrictions and turned to a more naturalistic or cottage garden style. These plantings related to the site and soil conditions, the local identity and how the plants grew naturally.Plants were grown in drifts and allowed to spill
This might be a good garden to wrap up this design lesson with. It might sound obvious, but assuming you have at least average gardening skills, your plants will grow larger than they were the day you installed them. Unlike interior design, in which your coffee table more or less remains
4. Fragrance giversAdd another dimension to a garden path with aromatic flowers. Visitors will love brushing up against tobacco flower, old-fashioned petunias, lavender
love this cottage guest room. Were there any setback issues with the property line? Maybe it was small enough to categorize as a shed? I'd love to know because this would be great for us too and we live close to SF in Marin County. Thanks!
The cottage was existing - it had been rebuilt a few years ago by the previous owner because there was already an existing structure there. SF Planning Dept would not allow a new structure to be built here now, but it was existing.
flowerbeds are nice. Neat garden idea.
raised garden boces along fence line
Elevated gardens that don't take up much space
small back garden with raised garden containers for vegetables
of the cottage? Are there two bedrooms upstairs with the master on the 1st floor? Thank you!
like a cottage - my dream
want square pillars, a picket fence and "garden" with roses on BOTH sides of the fence in front of the brick patio.
Cottage cheer begins at the front gate. A classic white picket fence or low rock wall and lush garden are cottage musts.
good look for a rental cottage
Cottage cheer begins at the front gate, so that is where we will begin our exploration of remodeling for cottage style. A classic white picket fence or low rock wall and lush garden are cottage musts.